I had this dream where we decided not to play the song we were going to play and we were going to play this other traditional song.

Ed Sheeran

Ed, who had been having nightmares about the duet, revealed: “I had this dream where we decided not to play the song we were going to play and we were going to play this other traditional song. I forgot to give him the piano reference and he just didn’t play,”

Fortunately the Rocket Man, 65, did play, treating Ed’s stripped-down song with great respect.

In the space of a year Ed, 21, has played with Elts, half of Pink Floyd, One Direction and Taylor Swift.